Peggy A. Whitson
Born 1960s.
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
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| Preceded by Steven W. Lindsey |
Chief of the Astronaut Office October 2009 - July 2012 |
Succeeded by Robert Behnken |
Biography
Peggy Annette Whitson (born February 9, 1960) is an American biochemistry researcher, NASA astronaut, and former NASA Chief Astronaut.
| 1960 | Born in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, USA | |||||
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| 1981 | Bachelor of Science in Biology/Chemistry, Iowa Wesleyan College. | |||||
| 1985 | Doctorate in Biochemistry, Rice University . | |||||
| 1989 | Research Biochemist, Johnson Space Center. | |||||
| 1995 | Awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, her first of 2. [1] |
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| 1996 | Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 16 [2] | |||||
| 2002 | Flew on Endeavour STS-111 as MS4 with Kenneth Cockrell, Paul Lockhart, Philippe Perrin, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Valery Korzun and Sergei Treshchov. Returned on STS-113. | |||||
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| 2003 | Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, her first of 2, and the NASA Space Flight Medal, her first of 2. [1] | |||||
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| 2006 | Awarded the NASA Certificate of Appreciation, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, her second of 2 and the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, her first of 2. [1] |
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| 2007 | Flew on Soyuz TMA-11 as FE1 with Yuri Malenchenko and Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. | |||||
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| 2008 | Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, her second of 2 and the NASA Space Flight Medal, her second of 2. [1] | |||||
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| 2009 | NASA Chief of the Astronaut Office | |||||
| 2013 | Awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, her second of 2. [1] | |||||
| 2016 | Flew on Soyuz MS-03 as FE2 with Oleg Novitskiy and Thomas Pesquet. Returned on Soyuz MS-04. | |||||
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Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
- ↑ Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
See also:
- Wikipedia: Peggy Whitson
- Wikidata: Item Q235523, en:Wikipedia
- Ancestry Profile
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